Rail-joint.



H. RIDDLE.

RAIL JOINT.

APZ'LVIUATION FILED APR. 8, 1913.

1 sg w 1 w Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Win/mm UNITED STATES OFNORTH LIBERTY, IOWA.

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HENRY RIDDLEJOF NORTH LIBERTY. IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE'THIRD CPO-FRANK RIDDLE, ONE-THIRD TO JAMES RIDDLE, AND ONE-THIRD TO EMIL RIDDLE, ALL

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

i To all whom it may concern:

.by the numerals 3.

j j p I, HENRY RIDDLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at No'rtlrLibei-ty, in the county of Johnson and State otIowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

Be it known that The present invention relates to improvements in rail joints, and resides in the con struction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling, Within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated a simple and satisfactory reduction of my'improvement to practice, and in said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating two rail ends connected in accordance with the present i nvention, Fig. 2 is a l'iorizontal sectional View or? the same, Fig. dis a perspective View of the ail chair, and Fig. 4 is a similar View of one of the rail ends.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, R-R designate the rails and O the joint chair for connecting the rails. The rails B have their bodies of the ordinary construction, but the ends of the said rails have the web thickened to the thickness of the heads of the rails, as indicated by the numerals 1. The ends of the base flanges of the rails have their underfaces recessed transversely to provide each of said ends with what I will term a groove 2. The enlarged portions 1 of the rails project a suitable distance beyond the terminals of the base flanges of the rails, the said projecting portions being beveled or inclined from their outer edges toward the sides of the rails as indicated The ends of the rails R are each cut away longitudinally from the inclined ends 3, and the inner ,walls thus provided are vertically straight but inclined or converged toward each other, so that each of the rail ends is formed with a substantially V-shaped pocket 4, the same opening to the upper face of the heads or tread portions of the rails, and the lower wall thus provided being horizontally straight and in a plane with the central or thickened rails having its and enlarged and walls integrally formed with base flanges 6. 'lhebase [hinges have their ends arranged transversely of or at a right angle to the longitudinal plane of the body 5, and the said ends of the body and base flanges are formed with outwardly extending ledges 7. The ends of the body are centrally proi'ided with substantially V-shaped tongues 8, the said tongues being adapted to fit snugly within the V-shaped pockets provided upon the rail ends. The ti'ingues terminate with the base flange 6 of the bod 5, and the ends of the'body, at'ils juncture with the inclined side walls of the tongues b are formed with angular depressions l) which are when the joint is assembled, adapted to receive the inclined ends 3 of the rail ends. Also when the joint is assembled the ledges T are adapted to engage within the grooves 2, and thus it will be noted that a downward movement of the rails at the joint is efi'ectively prevented, as is also a lateral independent movement of the rails or a lateral independent movement. of the chair, at the oint.

The vertically V-shaped tongues 8 are provided with elongated openings 10, and the sides of the rails at the ends thereof are provided with bolt openings 11 which registcr with .the openings 10 when the jointfis assembled, the said openings being adapted for the reception of the usual securing nuts and bolts, and the base flanges of the body are adapted to receive the usual retaining spikes, the longitudinal edges of the said flanges being preferably formed with notches for the reception of the spikes.

From the above description, taken in connection -with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventiitrns appertain without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I, claim as new is:

1. In a rail joint, two rails, each of said extending beyond its base, the said ext-ending portions being inclined from their ends to the sides of the rails, the said rail ends being centrally slotted, the side walls of said slot being inclined toward each other and opening at the top of the rails to provide a substantially V-shapcd pocket, a chair,'saidp chair comprising abody-portion conformmg to the cross sectional contour of the enlargved rail ends, the body having its ends v clined projecting ends of the rails, and

means for securing \l-shaped pockets.

2. In a rail joint, two rails having their ends enlarged, said ends projecting beyond the ends of the base flanges of the rails, the ends being slotted to provide V-shaped pockthe tongues within the ets, the side walls of which are vertically straight and open at the tops of the rails, and the lower wall of the pocket being horizontally straight, the projectlng portions of the ends being inclined inwardly toward the 1 sides or bod Y of the rails, the underface of the base ofthe rails at the end thereof havinclined toward each ends of the body adjasing a transverse groove, a chainsaid chair including' a body which is shaped to con- "form to: the cross sectional formation of the enlarged ends of the rails, the ends of the body, at the base thereof, being formed with outwardly extending ledges,-the ends, above the. ledges, being centrally provided with longitudinally extending tongues,

the side walls of which incline toward the ends of the tongues, the body, at its'juncture with the tongues, having its corners undercut, the tongues of the body' adapted to be received within the inclined extending portions of of the "chair, and theledges of the body adapted to underlie the upper wall of the grooves of theends of the rails when the joint is assembled, and means" for securing the tongues within the pockets of the rails. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence'oi two witnesses. f

HENRY RIDDLE. Witnesses:

W. S. FILES,

PEARL MYLES.

the pockets of the rail ends, I

the rail ends adapted to be received within the inclined recesses of the corners of the body 

